Terry Winter

Terry Winter sits on the Tres Amigas Board of Directors and is a nationally recognized and highly respected electric power industry expert, joined American Superconductor in September 2004. He is responsible management of our global field service and project management services for turn-key projects.

Mr. Winter most recently was president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator (ISO), a position he assumed in 1999. Prior to that Mr. Winter was the California ISO's chief operating officer from 1997 to 1999. He assisted in developing operations and oversaw the integration of the transmission systems of Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric when the California ISO assumed control of the state's open market transmission grid in 1998.

Mr. Winter is a member of board of the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) and was a member of the analysis team for the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force that investigated causes and recommended solutions in the aftermath of the blackout that robbed power from 50 million people in the northeast last summer.

Mr. Winter was formerly the Division Manager of San Diego Gas & Electric's power operations. His 21-year career with SDG&E focused on power operations, transmission engineering and project management. Prior to his tenure with SDG&E he worked on electrical transmission and distribution engineering for Arizona's Salt River Project for 10 years.

Mr. Winter served in the United States Army as a test officer on the Nike-X Anti-Ballistic Missile System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. He remained active in the Army Reserves, attaining the rank of Colonel prior to his retirement from the Reserves in 1995.

Mr. Winter holds professional engineering licenses in both California and Arizona and a private pilot license. Raised in Idaho, Mr. Winter graduated from the University of Idaho with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.